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Size Matters: Spleen and Lung Volumes Predict Performance in Human Apneic Divers

Humans share with seals the ability to contract the spleen and increase circulating hematocrit, which may improve apneic performance by enhancing gas storage. Seals have large spleens and while human spleen size is small in comparison, it shows great individual variation. Unlike many marine mammals,...

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Main Authors: Schagatay, Erika, Richardson, Matt X., Lodin-Sundström, Angelica
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Frontiers Research Foundation 2012
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3376424/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22719729
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2012.00173
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